tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:52:09 +0000http://www.newzaroundus.com/noreply@blogger.com (skn)Blogger1172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-7928166507818145191Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:06:00 +00002010-03-03T01:06:53.746+08:00Notable EventsEventsAdvocacy and CampaignsThe Perlas ng Silangan Festival is a two-day event sponsored by PANGMASA (Partido ng Marangal na Sambayanan) with exhibits, bazaars, musical performances, art shows, and forums highlighting initiatives and movements in the areas of poverty eradication, good governance, ecological protection, holistic education and societal transformation. The event will culminate with a concert jam, entitled http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/21M68tUz5MU/perlas-ng-silangan-festival-festival.htmlphil_lenin@yahoo.com (Shen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/21M68tUz5MU" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newzaroundus.com/2010/03/perlas-ng-silangan-festival-festival.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-8254286089311492179Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:21:00 +00002010-02-26T00:24:29.891+08:00Philippine ElectionsNicanor Perlas for PresidentIf there is one thing evident during all the presidential forums, debates and during the campaign period, it was very clear that only Nicanor Perlas was respected by his fellow presidential candidates. Not a single slur nor bad comment had been thrown at the first ever environmentalist and green candidate in the Philippines. He was even applauded and revered by them. At one forum presidentialhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/-kwvZ_WsegE/nick-perlas-only-candidate-respected-by.htmlphil_lenin@yahoo.com (Shen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/-kwvZ_WsegE" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newzaroundus.com/2010/02/nick-perlas-only-candidate-respected-by.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-4094747894754524904Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:22:00 +00002010-02-20T10:34:44.298+08:00SportsScandal-ControversyIs it fair to pass judgment on someone by just looking at pictures? Well for someone like Scotty Lago who won a bronze medal for snowboarding at the Winter Olympics 2009 pictures caused him to leave the game. These photos from TMZ seems to be too much to handle. What do you think? Is it fair or not? Also Visit My Other Blogs | Pagod Ka Na Bang Maging si Juan? | Ordinary People, Ordinary http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/1rJvuzJ8dS8/scotty-lago-scandal.htmlphil_lenin@yahoo.com (Shen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/1rJvuzJ8dS8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newzaroundus.com/2010/02/scotty-lago-scandal.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-6212902731940461324Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:19:00 +00002010-02-20T00:19:17.185+08:00Philippine ElectionsSurveys have dirty tactics.  It seems the people doing the Presidential Survey was not particularly careful at interviewing someone. They did not know that they are asking the sibling of a presidential candidate this time. When the survey representative asked, "Who will you vote for President?", the sibling answered the name of his candidate but the representative refused to accept that and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/s38YRRpThiM/philippine-presidential-survey-tactics.htmlphil_lenin@yahoo.com (Shen)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/s38YRRpThiM" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newzaroundus.com/2010/02/philippine-presidential-survey-tactics.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-8640694657819983208Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:53:00 +00002010-02-17T12:53:13.931+08:00Human RightsNicanor Perlas for PresidentPractice of Medicine and Treatment of the Sick Knows No Ideologies.  Free the Morong 43 Now! The continuous detention of the Morong 43 composed of doctors, a nurse, a midwife and health volunteers despite the absence of official charges for more than a week is a clear violation of human rights.  The military’s ignorance of the Supreme Court’s order for the “Writ of Habeas Corpus” is an act http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/FKfcQYMOJZw/nicanor-perlas-and-pangmasas-official.htmlphil_lenin@yahoo.com (Shen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/FKfcQYMOJZw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newzaroundus.com/2010/02/nicanor-perlas-and-pangmasas-official.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-6756296436899883252Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:58:00 +00002010-02-14T23:58:16.546+08:00Operation Helping PeopleEntertainment It was 25 years ago when the first We Are the World was recorded by Quincy Jones and directed by Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson. 25 years later another tragedy rock that part of the world, in Haiti. Here is the 2010 version of "We Are the World" entitled "We Are The World 25 For Haiti" plus a video response which am sure everyone will also love. Recorded on February 1st, 2010, in the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/wYkHysq-lXw/we-are-world-25-for-haiti-official.htmlphil_lenin@yahoo.com (Shen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/wYkHysq-lXw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newzaroundus.com/2010/02/we-are-world-25-for-haiti-official.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-6853781553483404181Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:31:00 +00002010-02-14T23:32:27.472+08:00Philippine ElectionsPoliticsKAYA NATIN! Movement for Good Governance and Ethical Leadership Official Statement on the COMELEC Ruling against Pampanga Gov. Eddie Panlilio We, the leaders of the Kaya Natin! Movement for Good Governance and Ethical Leadership, strongly condemn the recent ruling of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division led by Commissioners Nicodemo Ferrer (see article asking for Commissioner http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/JZyJVgLpMbI/kaya-natin-local-officials-and.htmlphil_lenin@yahoo.com (Shen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/JZyJVgLpMbI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newzaroundus.com/2010/02/kaya-natin-local-officials-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-6749591854667131279Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:53:00 +00002010-02-03T17:53:12.007+08:00Philippine ElectionsNicanor Perlas for PresidentIn the latest interview with presidential candidate Sen. Jamby Madrigal reveals that if she had a choice he would pick from either environmentalist Nicanor "Nick" Perlas or Sen. Noynoy Aquino as the next president of the Philippines. "Nicky Perlas would be closest to my platform with regards to the environment. He is an environmental crusader. He also has a spiritual basis which I believe in," http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/qesuRhdt1Cw/senator-jamby-madrigals-candidates-are.htmlphil_lenin@yahoo.com (Shen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/qesuRhdt1Cw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newzaroundus.com/2010/02/senator-jamby-madrigals-candidates-are.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-6535965558105132987Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:22:00 +00002010-02-03T17:22:10.814+08:00PhilippinesTV ShowsThe korean drama Queen Seondeok had received high ratings in the Philippines. The same drama finished first on nationwide ratings in Korea onDecember 22, 2009 with 37.7 million viewers. Queen Seondok is a real life figure and the first ever queen of Silla. Silla is one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea together with Goguryeo and Baekje. The Filipinos perhaps relate heavily to the hardship of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/jTn0krSdI7E/queen-seondeok-korean-historical-series.htmlphil_lenin@yahoo.com (Shen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/jTn0krSdI7E" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newzaroundus.com/2010/02/queen-seondeok-korean-historical-series.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-5715624927382816147Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:03:00 +00002010-02-02T15:03:45.924+08:00EnvironmentFascinating NewsIt was around the news worldwide, giant squids are invading California beaches by the hundreds. These squids weight as heavy as 60 pounds. Reports says that anglers aboard the Western Pride out of Balboa Peninsula caught 225 of these giant squids. The last time the giant (aka “jumbo” aka “Humboldt”) squid made waves in Search came last September, when a record-breaking 19 ½-foot-long, 103-lb http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/CLtcR3zy8wY/giant-squids-invasion.htmlphil_lenin@yahoo.com (Shen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/CLtcR3zy8wY" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newzaroundus.com/2010/02/giant-squids-invasion.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-3571592610287038832Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:15:00 +00002010-02-01T02:18:06.777+08:00Philippine ElectionsInformation TechnologyNicanor Perlas for PresidentThe official website of presidential candidate Nicanor Perlas was hacked earlier today. www.nicanor-perlas.com was defaced with a garfield image and text from AzAttackerZ - AzAttackerZ.org. It is believed that this is a random attack by hackers on potentially popular sites which have reached a certain level of popularity. Members of the Online Team of Perlas believes that it is more of a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/vO6gcZdaXVA/nicanor-perlas-website-hacked.htmlphil_lenin@yahoo.com (Shen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/vO6gcZdaXVA" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newzaroundus.com/2010/02/nicanor-perlas-website-hacked.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-2640852634797848658Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:20:00 +00002010-02-03T18:04:46.612+08:00Philippine Elections Eight presidential candidates attended the Youth 2010 La Salle Presidential Forum. These candidates were Noynoy Aquino, JC delos Reyes, Richard Gordon, Jamby Madrigal, Nicanor Perlas, Gibo Teodoro, Eddie Villanueva, and Manny Villar. Tough questions were asked and candidates were put on the spotlight. Manny Villar was grilled on his campaign ad spending and on his C-5 corruption controversy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/oMQYt-xGgY0/youth-2010-la-salle-presidential-forum.htmlphil_lenin@yahoo.com (Shen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/oMQYt-xGgY0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newzaroundus.com/2010/01/youth-2010-la-salle-presidential-forum.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-2467048804743825739Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:29:00 +00002010-01-27T16:29:52.624+08:00MoviesEntertainmentAvatar in more than a month had already surpassed "Titanic" as the the highest grossing movie of all time. This was revealed by figures from distributor 20th Century Fox show. James Cameroon was the same director of Avatar and the former top-grosser, "Titanic." To date, Avatar has grossed a worldwide takings $1.859bn (£1.15bn) in just six weeks versus Titanic's $1.843bn (£1.14bn). Avatar http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/TmuugBbBJ_I/avatar-best-ever-movie-of-all-time.htmlphil_lenin@yahoo.com (Shen)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/TmuugBbBJ_I" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newzaroundus.com/2010/01/avatar-best-ever-movie-of-all-time.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-7306604726240436737Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:30:00 +00002010-01-26T19:30:53.605+08:00Philippine ElectionsNicanor Perlas for PresidentReliable reports from within the members of the Cebu Volunteers of Nicanor Perlas said that Nicanor "Nick" Perlas was intentionally excluded in the Presidential Forum hosted by the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry. "Perlas and the Filipino people has no place in this forum," allegedly yelled by a member of the chamber when a volunteer requested that Perlas be included. During that same http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/jI5tf3TAyaw/cebu-traders-forum-intentionally.htmlphil_lenin@yahoo.com (Shen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/jI5tf3TAyaw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newzaroundus.com/2010/01/cebu-traders-forum-intentionally.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-5721472340213247763Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:27:00 +00002010-01-19T21:29:27.405+08:00PhilippinesScandal-ControversyPhilippine ElectionsA report submitted by the Committee of the Whole in the Senate of the Philippines revealed that presidential aspirant Manny Villar had profited from the C5 extension project. The committee report stated that there is substantial evidence that Villar is a major stockholder of Adelfa Properties Inc, which owns Golden Haven Memorial Park and Azalea Real Estate Corporation (now Britanny http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/LqoMdbJt688/senate-report-finds-villar-guilty.htmlphil_lenin@yahoo.com (Shen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/LqoMdbJt688" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newzaroundus.com/2010/01/senate-report-finds-villar-guilty.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-7653513023526952169Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:12:00 +00002010-01-19T17:12:12.082+08:00PhilippinesCondolence and FarewellOrbituaryPress Secretary Cerge Remonded is dead. What was first taught as an internet hoax turned out to be a reality as reports came in that one of Gloria's staunch supporters and cabinet members is dead. Remonde was found unconscious in his bathroom according to Presidential Deputy Spokesman Gary Olivar. Bubut Velasco, head executive assistant of OPS confirms that Sec. Remonde was being revived at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/7xF0vd77OPI/cerge-remonde-gma-press-secretary-dead.htmlphil_lenin@yahoo.com (Shen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/7xF0vd77OPI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newzaroundus.com/2010/01/cerge-remonde-gma-press-secretary-dead.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-1340284441989486451Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:19:00 +00002010-01-14T14:19:39.335+08:00Philippine ElectionsNicanor Perlas for PresidentMore than a month after being disqualified, Nicanor Perlas and Danny Lim are now official candidates for the Philippine elections in May 2010. Through Resolution 8743, the Comelec en banc announced that presidential aspirant Perlas and Liberal Party senatorial bet Lim have been included in the final list of candidates for the elections. According to the resolution, Perlas was allowed to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/_Kb_dhJstgA/nicanor-perlas-and-danny-lims-are.htmlphil_lenin@yahoo.com (Shen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/_Kb_dhJstgA" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newzaroundus.com/2010/01/nicanor-perlas-and-danny-lims-are.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-1646789219215470473Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:59:00 +00002010-01-13T20:59:09.363+08:00Philippine ElectionsNicanor Perlas for PresidentThe Commission on Election (COMELEC) will finally decide on the appeal of Nicanor Perlas on Thursday, January 14 at 9:00a.m. In a phone conversation the COMELEC said that a decision will be reached by that time. This means that Perlas will again be absent on yet another presidential forum scheduled Thursday, the Carlos P. Romulo Presidential Forum. The forum is hosted by the Carlos P. Romulo http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/fjlWiuRjdW4/comelec-decides-on-disqualification.htmlphil_lenin@yahoo.com (Shen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/fjlWiuRjdW4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newzaroundus.com/2010/01/comelec-decides-on-disqualification.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-1389710265678343328Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:49:00 +00002010-01-13T11:55:24.730+08:00DisastersOperation Helping PeopleThe strongest earthquake in 200 years rocked the impoverished population of Haiti, Tuesday. Government buildings collapsed as well as residential houses. Many are feared to have been dead or missing due to the status of building in the area. According to reports communications had been widely disrupted, making it impossible to get a full picture of damage as powerful aftershocks had occurred. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/M5hBIuYkYlk/haiti-rocked-by-magnitude-7-earthquake.htmlphil_lenin@yahoo.com (Shen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/M5hBIuYkYlk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newzaroundus.com/2010/01/haiti-rocked-by-magnitude-7-earthquake.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-4782851435716591894Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:51:00 +00002010-01-13T01:51:04.370+08:00TV ShowsGMA 7Entertainment A page on Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia had revealed the plot and characters of the upcoming telefantasya of GMA 7, Encantadia: The Second Saga. The most prominent of this revelation is the new race which we will see in Encantadia, the Flamarian. It was revealed that this race was created by Emre to end the power of the four gems. Characters which belongs to this races includes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/1zFZVwJbz9I/encantadia-second-saga-revealed.htmlphil_lenin@yahoo.com (Shen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/1zFZVwJbz9I" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newzaroundus.com/2010/01/encantadia-second-saga-revealed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-5928147460572576620Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:37:00 +00002010-01-13T01:37:19.608+08:00PhilippinesEntertainmentSinger Kris Lawrence had just transferred to GMA 7. Lawrence is yet another ABS-CBN star which joined the recent exodus of artists from ABS-CBN to GMA 7. He is the Star in a Million Season 3 grand winner and had been a mainstay of ASAP. Kris Lawrence debuted his new career in GMA 7 by becoming a mainstay of GMA's Sunday musical variety show SOP Fully Charge. Other ABS-CBN stars which had http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/8XuLwh5ib14/kris-lawrence-transfers-to-gma-7.htmlphil_lenin@yahoo.com (Shen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/8XuLwh5ib14" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newzaroundus.com/2010/01/kris-lawrence-transfers-to-gma-7.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-2275443436783756725Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:54:00 +00002010-01-12T11:54:01.568+08:00TV ShowsEntertainmentAfter performing poorly against the relatively drama dominated slot at 10:00pm, NCB had decided to move back Jay Leno and his "Jay Leno Show" out of Prime Time. Leno's show will be aired at 11:30pm. This was decided only three months after NBC made a bold decision to move the show to prime time and test the waters on how the show will be received by viewers. "Welcome to 'The Jay Leno Show.' Ashttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/I1QAbz0C6mQ/jay-leno-axed-on-prime-time.htmlphil_lenin@yahoo.com (Shen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/I1QAbz0C6mQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newzaroundus.com/2010/01/jay-leno-axed-on-prime-time.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-8015985742527277490Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:38:00 +00002010-01-12T23:59:45.955+08:00Philippine ElectionsNicanor Perlas for PresidentUntil now the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) had not decided on the appeal of various candidates for their disqualification. Among the candidates that are still in limbo are presidential candidate Nicanor "Nick" Perlas and senatoriable Danny Lim. It was said that the COMELEC needs to decide on these cases 5-10 days after an appeal was heared. Since December 28, it had been 15 days in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/IICfTD1EDTk/comelec-disgracing-voters-by-not.htmlphil_lenin@yahoo.com (Shen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/IICfTD1EDTk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newzaroundus.com/2010/01/comelec-disgracing-voters-by-not.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-2813455956052239531Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:11:00 +00002010-01-12T11:11:47.964+08:00TV ShowsEntertainmentThe notorious judge of Americal Idol, Simon Cowell will be leaving the show after this season. It was reported that he will be concentrating on X-Factor a show which he owns and will air on Fox TV. Simon Cowell had been one of the biggest stars of American Idol and were in most cases the judge that made American Idol thrilling and exciting to watch. Earlier, Paula Abdul had also left the show http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/kqOjcWz3u9Y/goodbye-american-idol-for-simon-cowell.htmlphil_lenin@yahoo.com (Shen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/kqOjcWz3u9Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newzaroundus.com/2010/01/goodbye-american-idol-for-simon-cowell.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-6235292540146100854Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:31:00 +00002010-01-11T15:37:35.214+08:00Scandal-ControversyPhilippine ElectionsRico Blanco, a popular songwriter and singer in the Philippines have cried foul when he found out that his song, "Posible" was used in the latest TV Ad of presidential candidate Gibo Teodoro. In his tweets, Blanco says that he is not the voice in the song and that his voice was apparently faked. "ok finally saw it. very nice ad. but wow. they even copied my singing/voice. so it cant be that http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/EyCYMsfBnZo/rico-blanco-tweets-hes-not-voice-in.htmlphil_lenin@yahoo.com (Shen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/EyCYMsfBnZo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newzaroundus.com/2010/01/rico-blanco-tweets-hes-not-voice-in.html